Pin card or tag.



Patented Jan. 30, i900. C. R. TROUT.

PIN CARD OR TAG.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNTThn STATES PATENT Crunch.

CHARLES R. TROUT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE REYBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PIN CARD OR TAG.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,179, dated January 30, 1900. Application filed A ril 27,1899. Serial No. 714,633. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. TROUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pin Cards or Tags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this'specification.

My invention relates to pin tickets or tags; and it consists in providing a card with a staple passed through the card in a peculiar way, so as to securely fasten the pin to the card and hold the pin in fixed relation to the card in order to prevent any tendency of the pin to work loose from the card or so that it will be insecurely supported thereby.

The pin consists of the two end prongs and a central loop connected to the end prongs by members extending transversely with re lation to the card, the loop and the end prongs extending through the card from the face, the loop being bent upwardly on the back of the card, then over the edge, and then downwardly on the face of the card.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front perspective View of the tag or pin card. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective View of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views illustrating the pinblank and the method of forming it into its ultimate shape and of attaching it to the card.

Z is the card, a the face, and .2" the back thereof.

The pin is formed of the end prongs A A, the central loop C, and the connecting members B B. These are all formed on the same plane, and the pin is passed through the card from the face, so that the prongs and loop project on the back thereof and the members B B abut against the face thereof. The loop is then bent upwardly on the back of the card, over its edge, and downwardly on the face thereof, so that its terminus will lie contiguous to the intersection of the side pieces and loop, the members cl (1 of the loop being on the back and the members e e on the face. The prongs cannot twist up or down or sidewise unless the wire of the pin is intentionally bent upon itself, owing to the fact that the pin has three separate points of engagement with the cardnainely, at the prongs, at the intersection of the loop with the connecting members,and at the edge of the cardwhile the pin structure is rendered particularly stanch by extending through the card both from back to face and from face to back before being bent over the edge of the card.

Having now fully described my invention, 60 what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

A double-pronged pin for attachment to a card or tag, having end prongs, a central retaining-loop, and connecting members be- 65 tween each prong and the loop, the prongs, connecting members and loops all being in the same plane, the prongs and loop being adapted to be passed through the card or tag from the face thereof, and the loop being 70 adapted to be bent over the edge and down upon the face thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Penn- 7 5 sylvania, on this 26th day of April, 1899.

CHAS. R. TROUT.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK S. BUSSER, Jesse B. HELLER. 

